# Underrated Catchphrases/Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547 "2009-07-10T13:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/1 "2009-07-10T13:04:04Z")
No cite but I recall an interview with Cameron Crowe where he said that he thought that ‘the Quan’ would be the big catchphrase instead of ‘Show me the money.’ > [@](#): > > “Other football players may have the coin, but they won’t have the ‘Quan’” -Rod Tidwell Most of my favorite movie quotes are everybody else’s favorite movie quotes. So I ask which of your favorites don’t get enough love. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/2 "2009-07-10T13:53:51Z")
Tons of quotable stuff in **Aliens** but, in the scene when they’re discussing nuking the site from orbit (a quote which overshadows the entire scene and rightfully so), Burke objects to the plan saying “There’s a substantial dollar value attached to this project”. To which Ripley gives an exasperated “They can _bill_ me!” Always loved that exchange. Along the same lines, when Ripley is defending herself before the corporate hearing and says “I told you we set down there on company orders to get this thing that destroyed my entire crew… and your expensive ship.” ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/3 "2009-07-13T00:58:20Z")
There’s a not very well known movie called Playing By Heart that I dearly love, and one line in particular that I enjoy is “I have an endless capacity for useless information.” Because it describes me pretty well! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/4 "2009-07-13T01:06:37Z")
_Predator_: Blaine: “Buncha slack-jawed faggots around here.” I feel ya Blaine. Sometimes I’m just too damn macho too. 😉 Anything from Predator is probably a bad example. The whole damn movie is one long string of quotable lines. _Clerks_: Dante: My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks! Customer: In a row? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/5 "2009-07-13T01:27:42Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > _Clerks_: > Dante: My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks! > Customer: In a row? …and as she leaves the store Dante yells “Try not to suck any dicks walking across the parking lot!” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/6 "2009-07-13T02:18:39Z")
From _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ Large Man with Dead Body: Who’s that then? The Dead Collector: I dunno, must be a king. Large Man with Dead Body: Why? The Dead Collector: He hasn’t got shit all over him. It’s the last line that wins it. There are so many good lines, so many that get repeated. But this one, well, no one repeats it. I also love Sugar’s line from _Some Like it Hot_ Sugar: Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/7 "2009-07-13T02:32:35Z")
From _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_: Mr. Garrett (Strother Martin) to Butch and Sundance, who are in the process of showing that they don’t really know much about planning a robbery: “Morons. I’ve got morons on my team.” Martin’s delivery just kills me. Some day, in a meeting, I want to pause, give a frustrated sigh, and say, “Morons. I’ve got morons on my team.” I think I’m the only person I know who quotes that line. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/8 "2009-07-13T05:20:57Z")
In the underrated “Nobody’s Fool,” the hapless Sully (Paul Newman) finds out that his equally hapless lawyer is Jewish. Sully: “You’re a Jew? Really? I didn’t know that. So… how come you ain’t SMART???” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/9 "2009-07-13T16:55:04Z")
“There **IS** no Bathroom!!!” - Schwarzenegger to kindergarten students in “Kindergarten Cop” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/10 "2009-07-13T16:59:50Z")
“He vas my BOYFRIEND!!” -Herr Brucher in _Young Frankenstein_ ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/11 "2009-07-13T17:06:14Z")
_Neiiiiigggghhhhhhh!_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/12 "2009-07-13T17:35:06Z")
“Science ain’t an exact science” from _12 Monkeys_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/13 "2009-07-13T17:40:29Z")
From In Bruges: Ray: I saw your midget today. Little prick didn’t even say hello. Chlo: Well, he’s on a lot of ketamine. Ray: What’s that? Ray: Um, horse tranquilizer. Ray: Horse tranquilizer? Where’d he get that? Chlo: I sold it to him. Ray:\*\* You can’t sell horse tranquilizers to a midget! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/14 "2009-07-13T18:02:07Z")
Lately, I’ve been putting together [my favorites everytime I watch a movie I love](http://kneadtoknow.livejournal.com/tag/favorite+lines). Of those, I’d have to say I think the most underrated is McCoy’s line from _Undiscovered Country_, “I’d give real money if he’d shut up.” ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/15 "2009-07-13T18:13:52Z")
“Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb” - Batman in the 1966 movie ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/16 "2009-07-13T18:14:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Of those, I’d have to say I think the most underrated is McCoy’s line from _Undiscovered Country_, “I’d give real money if he’d shut up.” That is a great one. I also like McCoy’s “What _is_ it with you?” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/17 "2009-07-13T18:18:14Z")
“Shut that cunt’s mouth or I’ll come over there and fuck-start her head.” - Mr. Parker, “The Way of the Gun” It’s the first thing either of the protagonists says in the movie, and in fact the only thing they say in the opening scene before getting the shit kicked out of them. And it pretty much sums them up. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/18 "2009-07-13T18:29:31Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Shut that cunt’s mouth or I’ll come over there and fuck-start her head.” \*\*RickJay \*\*- while I can certainly see its appeal as a signature line for a character, I don’t know that it would ever have the mass appeal that a \*true \*catchphrase would. Although it would be far more interesting to hear some kid try to get away with using it vs. “show me the money” at the dinner table 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/19 "2009-07-13T19:14:00Z")
I can’t remember the name of the movie – this was 30 years ago, and it was some B-movie about a serial killer. “Please mister, don’t hurt me! Someone must have loved you! Didn’t you ever have a puppy?” “Yeah. I did. When I was a kid. I loved that puppy. But I had to strangle the little bastard because he took a shit all over my grandma’s oriental rug!” ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547/20 "2009-07-13T20:32:29Z")
Movies like _Young Frankenstein_, _Pulp Fiction_, _Airplane!_, Monty Python’s _Holy Grail_ and _Life of Brian_, etc., really don’t count. They’re practically wall-to-wall quote books. _Predator_, too. “You are one ugly motherfucker!” But for me, favorite (relatively) obscure quotes from movies with better known lines would include: “This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the Earth. Perhaps we should shoot him.” (From _Ruthless People_) (Two guys robbing a bank) \*\*Robber #1: \*\*How many times do I have to tell you not to use my name? Can’t you even _try_ to remember that? \*\*Robber #2: **… Not even your code name? \*\* Robber #1:** Oh _yeah_. My code name! Hear that everybody? We’s using _code names_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-catchphrases-movie-quotes/502547.md?page=2)